Tyndrum Mines Loading Point [1st]
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MineName and dates
Tyndrum Mines Loading Point [1st]Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Where: StirlingDescription
These disused lead mines are in the mountainside at Sron Nan Colan.
The mines were linked by tramway to Glengarry Lead Smelter and, after its closure, the station at Tyndrum [1st] and later Tyndrum Lower.
There are several large areas without vegetation after the smelting and refining processes.
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MineExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Tyndrum Lower Tyndrum [1st] Upper Tyndrum Crianlarich Lower Crianlarich Bridge of Orchy Loch Dochart [Private] Glen Falloch Platform Ardlui Luib Dalmally Gorton [WHR] Loch Awe Killin Junction Inveruglas | Tyndrum Lead Shed and Mill Tyndrum Summit Tyndrum Incline Tyndrum Lead Mines Tip [1st] Tyndrum Lead Mines [Lower] [1st] Tyndrum Lead Mines [Upper] [1st] Tyndrum Goods Junction Glengarry Lead Smelter Cononish Viaduct County March Summit [West Highland] Auchtertyre Viaduct Cononish Gold Mine Tourist/other Lochan na Bi Meall Buidhe Dalrigh [Tyndrum] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
